- [countable]
the things, especially bad things, that will happen or have happened to somebody/something 命中注定的事（尤指壞事）；命運的安排 The fate of the three men is unknown. 這三個人命運未蔔。 She sat outside, waiting to find out her fate. 她坐在外面，等待命運對她作出的安排。 The court will decide our fate/fates. 法庭將決定我們的命運。 Each of the managers suffered the same fate. 每一個經理命運都是如此。 The government had abandoned the refugees to their fate. 政府抛棄了難民，讓他們聽天由命。 From that moment our fate was sealed (= our future was decided). 從那時起我們的命運就已經注定了。
Extra ExamplesHe faces a grim fate if he is sent back to his own country. 如果他被遣送回國，他的命運將會很悲慘。 He had no desire to share the fate of his executed comrades. 他不想遭受與他那些被處決的同志同樣的命運。 He had signed his confession and sealed his own fate. 他在自己的供狀上簽了字，也就決定了自己的命運。 He will learn his fate in court tomorrow. 明天到了法庭他就會知道自己的命運。 His brother met an altogether different fate. 他哥哥的命運截然不同。 His fate rests in the hands of the judges. 他的命運掌握在法官們的手中。 Instead of just bemoaning your fate, why not do something to change it? 與其悲歎自己的命運，何不行動起來去改變它呢？ Jackson deserves a better fate than this. 傑克遜的命運應該比這樣好。 Our fate is tied to yours. 我們的命運和你們的緊密相連。 She broke her ankle before the big game, then suffered the same fate a month later. 大賽之前她弄傷了腳踝，一個月後她又遇到了同樣的不幸。 She faces an uncertain fate. 她面臨着一個不確切的命運。 She has taken steps to control her own fate. 她已采取措施以掌控自己的命運。 She managed to escape the fate of the other rebels. 她總算逃過了其他造反者的厄運。 The condemned men were resigned to their fate. 被判刑的人只好接受自己的命運。 The convicts awaited their fate in prison. 已決犯在獄中等待着自己的命運。 The fate of the African wild dog hangs in the balance. 非洲野狗的命運還是個未知數。 The jury held the fate of the accused in their hands. 陪審團掌握着被告的命運。 The ultimate fate of the captured troops is unknown. 沒有人知道被俘部隊的最終命運。 They decided to kill themselves rather than suffer a worse fate at the hands of their enemy. 他們決定甯願自殺也不願落在敵人的手裏，那樣命運會更慘。 They were warned of the dreadful fate that awaited them if ever they returned to their homes. 他們受到警告：如果回家就會面臨可怕的命運。 They're worried about their political fate. 他們擔心自己的政治結局。 This team's fate depends on how it performs today. 該隊的命運取決於它今天在比賽中的表現。 Under-representation is the likely fate of small parties. 得不到足夠的代表很可能是小黨派的命運。 What an unfortunate fate the gods had condemned her to. 衆神加諸她的是多麽不幸的命運啊。 What had he done to deserve such a terrible fate? 他到底做了什麽，竟然遭受這樣悲慘的命運？ Will it change the fate of the company? 這會改變公司的命運嗎？ Worst of all was the fate that befell the captured rebel general. 那個被俘的叛軍將領命運最爲悲慘。 the almost inevitable fate awaiting gorillas and tigers 等待大猩猩和老虎的幾乎無法避免的命運 the rights of a woman to choose the fate of her body 女性選擇自己身體命運的權利 From the moment the hijackers took over the plane, their fate was sealed. 從劫機者劫持飛機的那一刻起，他們的命運就已經注定了。 Fortunately, Robert was spared this cruel fate. 羅伯特有幸免遭這一殘酷結局。 He had no idea what fate was in store for him. 他不知道等待他的將是什麽樣的命運。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- awful
- grim
- horrible
- …
- face
- meet
- suffer
- …
- await somebody/something
- be in store for somebody/something
- lie in store for somebody/something
- …
- leave your fate in somebody’s hands
- place your fate in somebody’s hands
- put your fate in somebody’s hands
- …
- [uncountable]
the power that is believed to control everything that happens and that cannot be stopped or changed 命運；天數；定數；天意 Fate was kind to me that day. 那天我很幸運。 By a strange twist of fate, Andy and I were on the same plane. 由於命運的奇特安排，我和安迪乘坐了同一架飛機。
Synonyms luckluck- chance
- coincidence
- accident
- fate
- destiny
- luck the force that causes good or bad things to happen to people:
This ring has always brought me good luck. 這戒指總是給我帶來好運。
- chance the way that some things happen without any cause that you can see or understand:
The results could simply be due to chance. 這結果可能純屬意外。
- coincidence the fact of two things happening at the same time by chance, in a surprising way:
They met through a series of strange coincidences. 他們因一連串奇妙的巧合而相遇。
- accident something that happens unexpectedly and is not planned in advance:
Their early arrival was just an accident. 他們早到僅僅是偶然而已。
- fate the power that is believed to control everything that happens and that cannot be stopped or changed:
Fate decreed that she would never reach America. 命中注定她永遠到不了美國。
- destiny the power that is believed to control events:
I believe there’s some force guiding us—call it God, destiny or fate. 我認爲有某種力量在指引着我們，稱之爲上帝也罷，天意也罷，或是命運也罷。
fate or destiny? 用 fate 還是 destiny？ - by …luck/chance/coincidence/accident
- It’s no coincidence/accident that…
- pure/sheer luck/chance/coincidence/accident
- to believe in luck/coincidences/fate/destiny
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc1Anne accepted the cruel hand that fate had dealt her. 安妮接受了殘酷的命運。 Fate decreed that she would never reach America. 命中注定她永遠到不了美國。 Fate took a hand in (= influenced ) the outcome of the championship. 冠軍爭奪賽的最終結果系天命所歸。 Fate was not smiling upon her today. 她今天運氣不好。 For some reason fate conspired against them and everything they did was problematic. 不知爲什麽，他們時運不濟，做什麽事都困難重重。 He believed that the universe was controlled by the whims of a cruel fate. 他相信宇宙是由變幻莫測而殘酷的宿命主宰的。 He secretly hoped that fate would intervene and save him having to meet her. 他暗自希望老天幫忙，别讓他碰見她。 He was content standing aside, letting fate take its course. 他甘願置身事外，一切聽天由命。 I have a great deal of trust and I leave everything to fate. 我很有信心，一切聽天由命吧。 It seemed a cruel twist of fate that the composer should have died so young. 這位作曲家英年早逝似乎是殘酷的宿命。 Little did she know what fate had in store for her. 她幾乎不知道等待她的命運是什麽。 Only weeks later fate struck again, leaving her unable to compete. 僅僅幾周後，她再次遭受命運打擊，不能參加比賽。 Such coincidences are almost enough to make one believe in fate. 這樣的巧合幾乎足以讓人相信命運。 The new job had come at just the right time for him. Was it the hand of fate? 這份新工作對他來說來得正是時候，是命運的安排嗎？ the prophet who predicts fate and can see the future 能預測命運、預知將來的預言家 He suddenly started to rail against fate and all the things that had happened to him. 他突然開始抱怨命運和發生在他身上的所有事情。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cruel
- kind
- believe in
- tempt
- leave something to
- …
- decide something
- decree something
- intervene
- …
- an accident of fate
- a turn of fate
- a twist of fate
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Italian fato or (later) from its source, Latin fatum ‘that which has been spoken’, from fari ‘speak’.
Idioms
a fate worse than death
- (often humorous)
a terrible thing that could happen （可能發生的）極可怕的事 At the last minute the hero saves her from a fate worse than death. 在最後一刻，英雄將她從比死亡更糟糕的命運中拯救出來。
Extra ExamplesGetting married seemed a fate worse than death. 結婚似乎比死還要難受。 Obeying her parents' wishes for her life seemed a fate worse than death. 她一輩子都聽從父母的安排，真還不如死了呢。
tempt fate/providence
to do something too confidently in a way that might mean that your good luck will come to an end 玩命；冒險；魯莽 She felt it would be tempting fate to try the difficult climb a second time. 她覺得再次嘗試這種高難度的攀岩就如同玩兒命了。 It would be tempting fate to say that we will definitely win the game. 要說我們肯定會赢得這場比賽，還真有點兒冒險。